From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id EAD643853542; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:53:39 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org EAD643853542 From: "tom.cosgrove at arm dot com" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c/106119] Bogus use-after-free warning triggered by optimizer Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:53:39 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c X-Bugzilla-Version: 12.1.0 X-Bugzilla-Keywords: diagnostic X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: tom.cosgrove at arm dot com X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc-bugs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:53:40 -0000 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D106119 --- Comment #2 from Tom Cosgrove --- Further addendum: If you use a `void *` to save the value of the pointer, you don't get the warning! See https://gcc.godbolt.org/z/fof8a747z i.e. this code does not generate the warning: #include #include #include void calloc_self_test( __attribute__ ((unused)) int verbose ) { void *buffer1 =3D calloc( 1, 1 ); void *old_buffer1 =3D buffer1; free( buffer1 ); buffer1 =3D calloc( 1, 1 ); int same =3D ( old_buffer1 =3D=3D buffer1 ); if( verbose ) printf( " CALLOC(1 again): passed (%s address)\n", same ? "same" : "different" ); free( buffer1 ); }=